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Chapter 252: Almost the Taste of Freedom

Penulis: Author Jessica
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-12-21 23:10:28

Rissa’s POV

The room smelled like damp concrete and metal.

I didn’t notice it at first. My body was too busy hurting. My head throbbed in slow, brutal pulses, each one reminding me of the vase… the floor… the blood. My wrists burned where the cuffs bit into my skin, chained to the side of the bed like I was some kind of animal.

I lay still.

Not because I wanted to.

Because I had learned something in the last few hours… panic wasted energy, and energy was the only thing I had left.

Kristoff hadn
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